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floración [Sp], outcrop: geol.
Floréal [Fr], in the Revolutionary calendar of the first French Republic,
the eighth month of the year, from April 20 to May 19.
floreat [L], may (it) flourish. —floreat Etona, may Eton flourish: motto
of Eton College.
flores [L], flowers: abbr. fl. —flores curât Deus, God takes care of the
flowers.
floruit [L], flourished: abbr. fl. or flor.
flosculi sententiarum [L], flowerets of thought.
fluctuât nee mergitur [L], she is tossed by the waves but she does not
sink: motto of Pans, which has a ship as its emblem.
Flügelhorn [Ger], bugle horn; bugle.
fluidus [L], liquid; fluid.
flux [Fr], a flow; flux; cards, a flush. —flux de bouche, salivation; also,
flow of words; loquacity. —flux de mots (or paroles), flow of words.
focosamente [It], in a fiery manner; vehemently: music.
focoso [It], fiery; passionate: music.
Föhn or Foehn [Ger], Alpine south wind.
foie [Fr], liver. —foie de veau, calf's liver. —foie gras, fattened liver,
esp. goose liver.
foi en tout [Fr], faith in everything.
folâtre [Fr], frolicsome; playful; wanton.
folio verso [L], on the back of the page: abbr. f.v.
Folketing [Dan], lower house of the Danish legislature.
fonctionnaire [Fr], functionary; public official.
fonda [Sp], hotel; inn; restaurant.
fondre en larmes [Fr], to burst into tears; dissolve in tears.
fondue [Fr], dish of melted cheese, eggs, etc.: cookery.
fons et origo [L], the source and origin.
fons malorum [L], the fountain (or source) of evils.
fontein [Du], spring of water: South Africa.
foramen magnum [L], lit., great opening; the passage from the cranial
cavity to the spinal canal: anat.
forçat [Fr], criminal condemned to hard labor; galley slave; convict.
force majeure [Fr], superior force; irresistible compulsion.
forcené [Fr; fern, forcenée], adj. furious; infuriated; beside oneself;
mad; n. madman.
forensis strepitus [L], the clamor of the forum.
forma bonum fragile est [L], beauty is a transitory blessing: Ovid.
forma flos, fama flatus [L], beauty is a flower, fame a breath.
formez les faisceaux! [Fr], stack arms!: mil.
forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit [L], perchance some day it may
be a pleasure to remember even these things (or sufferings): Virgil.